Wujoodi Kashmakash & Falsafiana Shayari (وجودی کشمکش اور فلسفیانہ اردو شاعری — میں کون ہوں اور زندگی کیا ہے؟) — Existential Urdu Poetry (Wujoodi Kashmakash), Selfhood & Philosophy

انسان صدیوں سے اپنے وجود کے معنی، کائنات کے اسرار اور اپنی ذات کے تضادات سے نبرد آزما ہے۔ غالب کی تشکیک، اقبال کی خودی اور جون ایلیا کی ذات کی نفی مل کر اردو ادب میں وجودی کشمکش (Existentialism) کا ایک بے مثال باب رقم کرتی ہیں۔

From Mirza Ghalib questioning the fabric of creation ("Hasti ke mat fareb mein aa jaaiyo Asad") to Allama Iqbal’s philosophy of Khudi and Jaun Elia’s existential angst, Urdu literature possesses some of the world’s deepest existential poetry.

Signature Classical Couplets for Wujoodi Kashmakash & Falsafiana Shayari (وجودی کشمکش و فلسفہ کے منتخب اشعار)

• ہستی کے مت فریب میں آ جائیو اسد
  عالم تمام حلقۂ دامِ خیال ہے

  مرزا غالب (Mirza Ghalib): Hasti ke mat fareb mein aa jaaiyo Asad / Aalam tamaam halqa-e-daam-e-khayal hai

  Do not fall for the illusion of existence, O Asad; the entire universe is merely a ring in the snare of thought.

  تشریح: مرزا غالب کا یہ شعر وجودی فلسفے کی معراج ہے جس میں کائنات کو شعور اور خیال کا ایک طلسم قرار دیا گیا ہے۔

• ہیں، میں اپنے آپ میں نہیں ہوں
  کیا میں اپنے آپ سے باہر ہوں؟

  جون ایلیا (Jaun Elia): Hain, main apne aap mein nahi hoon / Kya main apne aap se bahar hoon?

  Wait—I am not within myself; have I stepped outside of my own being?

  تشریح: ذات کی تقسیم اور جدید انسان کی وجودی بیگانگی کا گہرا اظہار۔

More Urdu Couplets on Existential Crisis (Wujoodi Kashmakash) (وجودی کشمکش و فلسفہ)

• تشنگی ایسی ملی ہے بزمِ ہستی میں مجھے — زہر تو ملتا ہے لیکن آبِ جاں ملتا نہیں

  Ishtiaq Ahmed (اشتیاق احمد): Tishnagi aisi mili hai bazm-e-hasti mein mujhe / Zeher toh milta hai lekin aab-e-jaan milta nahi — Such thirst has been granted to me in the assembly of existence—poison is found everywhere, yet the water of life (Aab-e-Jaan) is nowhere to be found.

• خودی کو کر بلند اتنا کہ ہر تقدیر سے پہلے — خدا بندے سے خود پوچھے بتا تیری رضا کیا ہے

  Allama Iqbal (علامہ اقبال): Khudi ko kar buland itna ke har taqdeer se pehle / Khuda bande se khud poochhe bata teri raza kya hai — Elevate your Selfhood so high that before ordaining any fate, God Himself shall consult man: "Tell me, what is your desire?"

• غمِ ہستی کا اسدؔ کس سے ہو جز مرگ علاج — شمع ہر رنگ میں جلتی ہے سحر ہونے تک

  Mirza Ghalib (مرزا غالب): Gham-e-hasti ka Asad kis se ho juz marg elaaj / Shama har rang mein jalti hai sahar hone tak — What remedy except death exists for the sorrow of existence, O Asad? The candle must burn through every hue until the arrival of dawn.

• ہزاروں خواہشیں ایسی کہ ہر خواہش پہ دم نکلے — بہت نکلے مرے ارمان لیکن پھر بھی کم نکلے

  Mirza Ghalib (مرزا غالب): Hazaaron khwahishein aisi ke har khwahish pe dam nikle / Bohat nikle mere armaan lekin phir bhi kam nikle — Thousands of yearnings, each so profound that one would gladly perish for it; Many of my desires found fruition, yet how few they still remain.

• دلِ ناداں تجھے ہوا کیا ہے — آخر اس درد کی دوا کیا ہے

  Mirza Ghalib (مرزا غالب): Dil-e-naadaan tujhe hua kya hai / Aakhir is dard ki dawa kya hai — O foolish heart, what has befallen you? After all, what is the remedy for this affliction?

• عشق نے غالبؔ نکما کر دیا — ورنہ ہم بھی آدمی تھے کام کے

  Mirza Ghalib (مرزا غالب): Ishq ne Ghalib nikamma kar diya / Warna hum bhi aadmi the kaam ke — Passion has rendered you good for nothing, O Ghalib! Otherwise, we too were once men of worthwhile capability.

• شاید مجھے نکال کے پچھتا رہے ہوں آپ — محفل میں اس خیال سے پھر آ گیا ہوں میں

  Jaun Elia (جون ایلیا): Shayad mujhe nikaal ke pachhta rahe hon aap / Mehfil mein is khayal se phir aa gaya hoon main — Perhaps having turned me away, you find yourself filled with regret; It is merely on the wings of this delicate thought that I have re-entered the gathering.

• اب کے ہم بچھڑے تو شاید کبھی خوابوں میں ملیں — جس طرح سوکھے ہوئے پھول کتابوں میں ملیں

  Ahmad Faraz (احمد فراز): Ab ke hum bichhde to shayad kabhi khwaabon mein milein / Jis tarah sookhe hue phool kitaabon mein milein — If we part this time, we may perhaps meet only in dreams; Like dried flowers pressed between the pages of forgotten books.

• ثبات ایک تغیر کو ہے زمانے میں — سکوں محال ہے قدرت کے کارخانے میں

  Allama Iqbal (علامہ اقبال): Sabaat ek taghayyur ko hai zamaane mein / Sukoon mahaal hai qudrat ke kaarkhaane mein — Change alone is the sole permanence in this world; Absolute stillness is impossible in the workshop of Nature.

• ذکر اس پری وش کا اور پھر بیان اپنا — بن گیا رقیب آخر تھا جو رازداں اپنا

  Mirza Ghalib (مرزا غالب): Zikr us pari-wash ka aur phir bayaan apna / Ban gaya raqeeb aakhir tha jo raazdaan apna — To speak of that fairy-like beloved and describe my passion; In the end, even my closest confidant turned into a rival.

• نازکی اس کے لب کی کیا کہئے — پنکھڑی اک گلاب کی سی ہے

  Mir Taqi Mir (میر تقی میر): Naazuki us ke lab ki kya kahiye / Pankhudi ik gulaab ki si hai — What can one say of the exquisite tenderness of her lips? They are as delicate as a single rose petal.

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